Amerikanische Unabhangigkeit (Person, Grossbritannien) - Banastre Tarleton, William Howe, 5. Viscount Howe, Alexander Cochrane, John Burgoyne (German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Banastre Tarleton, William Howe, 5. Viscount Howe, Alexander Cochrane, John Burgoyne, Charles Cornwallis, 1. Marquess Cornwallis, Wilhelm Zu Innhausen Und Knyphausen, William Phillips, Henry Clinton, James Abercrombie Junior, William Fawcett, George Elphinstone, 1. Viscount Keith, Henry Phipps, 1. Earl of Mulgrave, John Byron, Hugh Percy, 2. Duke of Northumberland, Charles Grey, 1. Earl Grey, Jane Mccrea, Thomas Graves, 1. Baron Graves, Thomas Gage, Guy Carleton, 1. Baron Dorchester, James Gambier, Samuel Graves, Robert Pigot, John Vaughan, William Cornwallis. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Vice-Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN (8 November 1723 - 10 April 1786) was an English vice-admiral. Byron was the sixth child of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron of Rochdale (4 January 1669/70 - 8 August 1736), and the third child (second son) William Byron had with his second wife Hon. Frances Berkeley. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather. He joined the navy at a young age, accompanying Baron Anson on his circumnavigation as a midshipman. On 14 May 1741, Byron's ship, HMS Wager, was shipwrecked on the coast of Patagonia, and the survivors decided to split in two teams, one to make its way by boat to Rio de Janeiro, the other, John Byron's, to sail North and meet Spaniards. He described his adventures and the Wager Mutiny in The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (1768), which sold well enough to appear in several editions. These experiences form the basis of the novel The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian, which closely follows Byron's own account. Byron was commissioned Post Captain of HMS Siren (24) in December 1746. In 1760 he was in command of a squadron sent to destroy the fortifications at Louisbourg, which had been captured by the British two years before. In July of that year he defeated the French flotilla sent to relieve New France at the Battle of Restigouche. John...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d